Entering a URL and Hyperlink Text for Links from WebPAC Full Record Displays

To enter a URL and hyperlink text for a resource link that will display from WebPAC full record displays:

1. Access the WebBridge Management menu by either:
   • entering http://your_library_[domain]/webbridge/edit in the browser address window
   • choosing Admin | WB Edit in an application
   The WebBridge Management menu displays:
   
   

   NOTE

   Only one user can be logged in to the WebBridge Management menu's edit function. Other users can access the menus in View Only Mode.

   If there is no activity by a login within the timeout period, the user is automatically logged out.

2. Choose Edit Resource Definitions.
   
   The WebBridge Management - Resources menu displays:
   
   
3. Choose Create New... or choose an existing resource definition.
   
   The WebBridge Management - Resource menu displays.
4. Scroll to the Bibliographic Record Linking section of the WebBridge Management - Resource page:
   
   
5. In the URL text box, enter the target resource's URL.
   
   You can pass parameters in URLs that make the resource as context-sensitive as possible. For example, you can enter http://www.amazon.com as a target resource, or you can pass parameters of WebPAC search that returned the bibliographic record by entering http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-URL/index=books&field-keywords=#@USERSEARCH#&bq=1/. The latter URL links the user to content that is specific to the record displayed in WebPAC's full record display.
   
   See Constructing URLs for Resources for more information on constructing target resource URLs.
   
   See WebBridge Link Syntax for the "link to" URL syntax of many resources that have been tested with WebBridge. Use the "link to" syntax to link directly to articles or pass queries to the resource.
6. To create a hyperlink in the WebPAC full record display resource panel:
   1. Under Link Display, select the Web OPAC bib panel check box. You must select the check box for the link to display.
   2. In the Web OPAC bib panel text box, enter the hyperlink to the target resource.
      
      You must include either #LinkText# or #LinkImage# in the hyperlink.
      
      Hyperlinks can:
      • be text
      • be images
      • contain dynamic content, such as fields from the displayed record
      • contain HTML code
      You can also create drop-down menus of hyperlinks for a single resource.
      
      For example, you can enter Full text is available at #LinkText# as a hyperlink, or you can include dynamic content, such as a field from the bibliographic record displayed in WebPAC, by entering Search for <i>#@TITLE#</i> at #LinkText#.
      
      See Constructing Hyperlinks to Resources for more information.
7. To create a hyperlink in WebPAC full record display resource table:
   1. Under Link Display, select the Web OPAC bib table check box.
      
      You must select the check box for the link to display.
   2. In the Web OPAC bib table text box, enter the hyperlink to the target resource.
      
      You must include either #LinkText# or #LinkImage# in the hyperlink.
      
      Hyperlinks can:
      • be text
      • be images
      • contain dynamic content, such as fields from the displayed record
      • contain HTML code
      You can also create drop-down menus of hyperlinks for a single resource.
      
      For example, you can enter Full text is available at #LinkText# as a hyperlink, or you can include dynamic content, such as a field from the bibliographic record displayed in WebPAC, by entering Search for <i>#@TITLE#</i> at #LinkText#.
      
      See Constructing Hyperlinks to Resources for more information.